It was clear, he said, that the auditors took into account how quickly the program was carried out, how much its focus shifted over time and how little feedback Treasury has had from oversight agencies so far.
But with deep austerity, a diminishing economy, political instability and now greater European oversight, the process so far has been painful.
Despite Uttar Pradesh having the highest numbers of maternal deaths in India, formal systems of administrative oversight have not so far monitored the extent of adverse outcomes for pregnant women who enter the health system.
And so far federal oversight has been largely delegated to the state.
Mr. Gramm, who heads the Senate Banking Committee, which has oversight over the issue, has so far declined to support the accounting change.
He did not rule out executive changes at Andersen, but said that so far his oversight board had not come up with candidates to replace managers.
Republican Tim Murphy, chairman of the oversight and investigations subcommittee, said "so far traveller self-reported screening procedures and hospital infection control measures have been demonstrated failures" in a statement issued ahead of Thursday's testimony from the CDC director, Tom Frieden.
So far, however, government oversight of the industry and local training for pilots and safety personnel have lagged far behind the fast growth.
Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Gloria Molina have also proposed setting up a permanent citizens' oversight commission, but the proposal has so far failed to get support from the rest of the board.
While many major retailers have made commitments to sustainable seafood, these pledges only go so far: without ongoing oversight of practices before the product gets into their hands, the complex and fragmented supply chains involved in sea food delivery can mask bad practices -- ranging from slave labor to harmful fishing practices -- with devastating consequences.
